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India: Transport Ministry Okays Ambulance Code

New Delhi: The Ministry of Transport and Highways has approved a code to make ambulances better equipped and safer for moving patients depending upon their medical requirement since no guidelines were available for hospitals for seeking required specifications from the automobile industry.
The “National Ambulance Code AIS:125” recommended by Central Motor Vehicles Rules-Technical Standing Committee (CMVR-TSC) has been approved by the ministry. Drafted in line with the best global practices in the field of ambulance design, the code has been suitably adapted….,” the ministry said in a release issued on June 07 F

India: Delhi Gov. Adds 50 New Ambulances for CATS

New Delhi: A fleet of 50 new ambulances was on June 07 Friday added by Delhi government to its Centralized Accident and Trauma Service (CATS) to tackle the problem of shortage of emergency vehicles and ensure pre-hospital medical care to patients, including victims of accidents and sexual crimes. With the induction of the new fleet, the total number of ambulances available with the CATS has gone up to 151. The new ambulances were flagged off by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
She said the ambulances can be called by making calls to helpline numbers 102 and 1099.
All the ambulances have GPS devices and their operation

India: India's State-of-the-Art Air Ambulance

New Delhi: India’s first state-of-the art Air Ambulance, Flying Doctors India, was launched on June 08 in the national capital.
The new aircraft is tailor-made and equipped with a state-of-the-art Intensive Care Unit on a dedicated chartered aircraft. The goal is to provide critical care even when a patient is in transit. The air ambulance is being run by the same team of doctors who flew the Delhi gang rape victim to Singapore in December and brought back VC Shukla from Chhattisgarh last month. "Earlier whenever we got a call, we would take a private aircraft, tape off the chairs and fit our equipment in. It was basically a 'jugaad' (

India: Indira Gandhi Hospital - a New Super-Specialty Hospital to be set up by the Delhi Gov.

New Delhi: The Delhi government on June 06 decided to set up a 700-bed super-specialty hospital. It also extended the Delhi Government Employee Health Scheme (DGEHS) facilities for senior resident doctors in the city’s government hospitals. The Indira Gandhi Hospital would be set up in Dwarka, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announced after a cabinet meeting.
The hospital would provide 24X7 emergency services, maternity services, surgical facilities, special ward block, super-specialty services and teaching facilities.

India: Trauma Centres to Come up at Major Airports

Kolkata: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning to build trauma centres at all major airports in the country, including Kolkata, in order to facilitate early emergency medical intervention for critical patients coming into these cities for specialised treatment.
“In emergency medical situations, response time is critical in patients' chances of survival. The trauma centres are being planned keeping this in mind; they will be set up through public private partnership (PPP) mode,” Mr. V P Agarwal AAI Chairman said.
“Though the proposal is still at a preliminary stage, the idea is